20 Mar
2009
20 Mar
'09
6:08 p.m.
On 3/20/09, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
Rainer Duffner wrote:
srv3# mtr -c 10 -r centos.org HOST: srv3.ultra-secure.de Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst
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'lost packets' on traces from intermediate hops aren't significant, as most routers treat PING as a low priority and if they are busy doing their primary routing job, they'll ignore some percentage of pings.
traceroute and its ilk are very inexact tools. your MTR command, run from a San Jose, California machine, gives...
<snip> John: Then I believe the most important data we have are what you found a few nights ago, and the traceroute Per did from Sweden this morning (USA time) that died within the LayeredTech DC. Lanny